Tag: Education

One of the things I find most unique about my current job in child care is that they promote the cultural well-being of the children. Lately I've been spending quite some time working in the Aboriginal Head Start Programs (for the record my favourite sites to work at!) and being a witness to the revival… Continue reading Something New

It's been three years since I've been out of school but my love for learning new things has stayed with me. What I enjoyed the most about being a university student was getting assigned research essays and literature reviews. Yeah, writing these papers were challenging and very time consuming but for some reason I really enjoyed… Continue reading Project of Heart

This evening I was on Facebook and one of my aunts sent me a short video clip promoting an Indigenous cultural event happening in our city. I was intrigued and clicked play...One hour later I still have a grin of excitement on my face! My city is celebrating National Aboriginal Day for the first time! I… Continue reading THRILLED! Indigenous Day in My City

Hey Canada, I have a challenge for you! JUNE is National Aboriginal History Month (NAHM), a time for Canadians to celebrate, honour, and acknowledge the Inuit, Metis and First Nations! Although this month has been officially declared as NAHM since 1996 this is the first year that I am hearing about it...and I've lived in… Continue reading The O Canada Challenge

Many of you have asked for a reading list on the topic of residential schools. Ask and ye shall receive. Here’s part of a larger reading list I use. There are several related topics of course which I recommend people take a look at such as Genocide, Colonization/Decolonization, Indigenous activism, child welfare and Indigenous children, […]… Continue reading Residential School Reading List

Last week a couple of children that I care for invited me to their school's Sharing Assembly. They were very eager to show me a dance and skit that they've been practicing with their classmates for quite some time, so I agreed to come. Little did I know that the theme of the assembly was… Continue reading Peel District School Board Honour First Nations

I had a huge grin on my face when I drove to Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School (DFCHS) four days ago. My hands and feet felt tingly and my breathing was rapid. When I pulled up into the parking lot I got out of my rental car and stood still for a few seconds. "Sigh. Wow.… Continue reading Four Days Ago